Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

[octavedoctor]

A regular of mine had been telling me of his plans to take the Seymours out of his Washburn and transplant them to his Les Paul. Then he rang me to ask me if I could finish the job for him as he didn't have time to do it himself.

"I've already taken the pickups out for you to save time" he said, helpfully

"The only thing is" he went on "I had to cut the wires to get them out, that's not going to be a problem is it?"

No, of course not...

:smack:

 

[80s]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

See what you mean, Can you buy replacement wire for seymours or do you have to sit there linking each wire up with a longer cord ?

No wonder the guy doesnt have time

 

[ShredFetus]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Wow a whole inch to work with!!!

 

[Pecan]

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ouch, what did he say when he found out his small mistake?

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Tell him he destroyed his pickups, but you might be able to give him $10 a piece for them.

 

[robrhy]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

A regular of mine had been telling me of his plans to take the Seymours out of his Washburn and transplant them to his Les Paul. Then he rang me to ask me if I could finish the job for him as he didn't have time to do it himself.

"I've already taken the pickups out for you to save time" he said, helpfully

"The only thing is" he went on "I had to cut the wires to get them out, that's not going to be a problem is it?"

No, of course not...

:smack:

No problem??? I think i would politely tell him to go away and do it himself and see if there's a problem...then again maybe i would'nt be polite

 

[danglybanger]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

See what you mean, Can you buy replacement wire for seymours or do you have to sit there linking each wire up with a longer cord ?

No wonder the guy doesnt have time

extending the leads shouldn't be a problem solder and wire can't handle, but still... wow. At least he didn't cut them off at the baseplate

slade

 

[Young Angus]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

hahahahaha just tell him he's a goose!

 

[Kamanda~SD]

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First off, is thee a way to fix that? Like put i n anew wire or extend that one? If so tell him his pups are screwed and will never work again. Then pay him $10 for them and say you want the magnets to swap with one of your pups. Bring it home, fix it and voila!

 

[TENAX]

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of course it can be fixed..want to make sure you use the right gauge of wire (which is likely 22 guage) and like someone said, solder, shielding etc.. more work in the end then doing it right but not "wrecked" by any means.

 

[BachToRock]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Can't you just make the pickups wireless like a mic?

 

[gripweed]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Tell him he destroyed his pickups, but you might be able to give him $10 a piece for them.

I'll pay $10 bucks for them!

But seriously folks, I have put some pickups in guitars. When it comes to putting Duncans or another type in guitars, I always take it to a tech. If I'm spending that much on pickups I really like, I don't want to ruin them!

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Let the customer pay for a rewiring of the pickups. 4 conductor wire can be had for like 2 Euros the Meter, and the rewiring is easy but about an hour of work for 2 pickups. If he doesn´t want that, he can either have the wires extended for a bit less or new pickups for a bit more

Look at it this way: more work = more money = greater likelyhood of the customer learning his lesson :beerchug:

 

[Bludave]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

I don't see a major issue here. Charge him accordingly. PUP disassembly, installing new leads. Install PUPs in guitar Probably $100.00 or more. Next time he will consider letting you doi it from the beginning.

 

[motorboy29]

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I agree w/ Bludave, but tell him what he did wrong so that he wont doit again (it breacks my heart when i know someone *ucked ep an SD). Then Give him the biggest bill he's ever seen!

 

[theodie]

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LOL!!!!!!!!! DOH!!!!!!! LOL!!!! I guess its time for some 4 conductor wire and some heart surgery on that pickup!!!!

Octave doctor, do you get alot of work fixing peoples Fockups??? I certainly know that is ALOT of the work I get in here!!!! LOL!!!!!!! It seems like some weeks thats the only kinds of jobs I get!!!!

 

[jeremy]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

charge to install pups $30
charge to install pups after you screw it up $60

if some one attempts to fix it themselves and then i have to clean up their mess there is always an aggrivation charge

 

[JacksonMIA]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

It's like the signs you sometimes see at mechanic's shops:

Labor: $40/hr.
If you watch: $60/hr.
If you help: $80/hr.
If you tried it first and screwed it up: $120/hr.



If you're not comfortable with doing the whole thing, why do you insist on doing PART of it?!?

 

[HamerPlyr]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

Wow a whole inch to work with!!!

I'm betting that the genius was already used to dealing with that particular challenge...

 

[seafoamer]

Re: Why I don't encourage players to do their own repairs

It's a good thing he wasn't swapping a neck.